2023 Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Undergraduate Certificate School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering students working on their undergraduate certificate. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,880 per year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $36,288 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Miami University - Oxford is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 5,383 |
Michigan | 8,586 |
Ohio | 8,648 |
Illinois | 6,581 |
Wisconsin | 3,396 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Majors Similar to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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